Mechanical toy



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. D. H. MURPHY.

MECHANICAL TOY.

No. 360,037. Patented Mar. 29, 1887-.

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MECHANICAL TOY.

No. 360,037. PatentedMar. 29, 1887.

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DANIEL H. MURPHY, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

M ECHANICAL TOY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 360,037, dated March 29, 1857.

Application tiled October 29, 1886.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL H. MUrtrnY, of Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mechanical Toys, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, whereby any one skilled in the art can make and use the same.

My invention relates to the class of toys in which the appearance of smoke is produced by mechanical means. The object of my invention is to provide a toy with means for producing the appearance of smoke by the use of a comminuted sub stance withoutany combustion, and thus avoid the danger of accidents which are liable to occur from the use of fire; and to this end my invention consists of a toy'provided with a reservoir containing a comminuted or powdered substance, and a bellows, fan, or blower, so arranged and operated by suitable driving mechanism as to discharge at intervals a portion of the powder through the toy into the air when the device is in operation, as more particularlyhereinafterdescribed, andpointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is aside View of my device with parts broken away to show construction. Fig. 2 is a detail bottom view of the same. Fig. 3 is a view of a modified form of my invention.

In the accompanying drawings, where my.

improvement is illustrated in connection with certain toys, the letter a denotes the frame or jacket of the device, which is supported on wheels I) and c, on which it travels.

In the case of the locomotive, Figs. 1 and 2, the letter (1 denotes the cab which contains the driving mechanism,that consists ofa spring and a train of gear-wheels, which transmit the power of the spring to the axle b, to which are made fast the driving-wheels I), that propel the machine.

The above-described mechanism is of ordinary material, and is arranged in a manner common in toys of this class.

Secured in the frame or jacket of the device is a blowing apparatus, that in this case is an ordinary bellows, which has the wings e and e, the air-supply vent c", and the nozzle 6". The wing e of the bellows is preferably fast- Serial No. 217,495. (X0 model.)

ened rigidly to the under side of the device,

while the wing e is free to vibrate to fill and empty the bellows. This wing 6 also has a rearward-extending arm, 6', that projects in a plane at right angles to the axis of the axle I) of the driving-wheels b. The end of this arm 6 is so arranged as to lie in the path of mo tion of a cam, wiper, or eccentric, f, thatis fast to the axle and revolves with it. As the cam f revolves with the axle b when the device is in motion, it strikes the end .of this arm and forces it and the connected wing edownward, and this opens the bellows and fills it with air. \Vhen the cam or wiper has reached the limit of its eccentricity, and the end of the arm is free to rise, the wing e is forced upward quickly, under the impulse of the spring 9, and this movement closes the bellows and discharges a blast of air through the nozzle 6 which is extended by apipe, i, that opensinto the smokestack of the device.

In the frame or jacket of the device is formed a reservoir, h, which is preferably a chamber in the top of the jacket, and from the bottom of this reservoir an outlet-pipe, h, of any suitable material, extends downward and opens into the pipe '11 in front of the nozzle c of the bellows.

The reservoir may contain a hopper of gauze wire, or may have a grating on the bottom, which is vibrated or shaken to settle the contents of the reservoir into the pipe, to be operated upon by the wind from the bellows.

The operation of my apparatus is as follows: The reservoir having been filled with a comminnted or powdered substance, preferably plaster-of-paris, the spring wound up, and the mechanism set in motion, the cam on the axle causes the bellows to be filled and emptied of air at each revolution of the driving-wheels, and at each discharge of the bellows the blast of air carries with it, through the smoke-stack, a small portion of the powder which has settled down from the reservoir into the outletpipe in front of the nozzle of the bellows, and this produces a most perfect representation of the putting of an engine.

I do not limit myself to the form of a locomotive in which to incorporate my invention, as it can be applied to a steamboat or the figu re of a man that is represented as smoking,

. end of the cam is reached.

as illustrated in Fig. f the drawings, or any figure in which it is desirable to represent the appearance of smoke; nor do Ilimit myself to the use of a spring and train of gear-wheels to operate the bellows, as my invention can be readily applied to toys that are intended to be drawn by a string or the like; neither do I limit myself to the use of a bellows to blow the powder, as a blower or fan may be used with good results. These latter features are fully illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings, in which the letter on denotes the fan that is driven by the reciprocation of the rod 12, which bears the pawl 11., that engages a ratchet-wheel, 0, fast to the arbor of the fan, the rod rising slowly on the cam, as the driving-wheels revolve when the toy is in motion, and dropping suddenly, under the impulse of the spriugp, when the This construction causes the fan to revolve rapidly at intervals and blow the powder that represents the smoke. The reservoir is located in the head of the figure, (see dotted outline,) and is un'covered to be filled with powder by removing the hat or fez.

I claim as my inveution' 1. In a mechanical toy, in combination with the driving mechanism, a bellows orlike blowing apparatus having a discharge-outlet for air and a reservoir for the powdered material, with a discharge-pipe communicating with the said outlet-pipe and terminating in the smokeexit of the toy, all substantially as described.

2. In a mechanical toy, in combination with the cam or wiper fast to a shaft of the driving mechanism, a bellows attached to the structure and closed by the said earn, an air-outlet from the bellows, and a reservoir for powdered material, with a discharge-pipe communicating with the said air-outlet and terminating in the smoke-exit of the toy, all substantially as described.

3. In a mechanical toy, in combination, the driving-wheels fast to an axle bearing a cam or wiper that operates a bellows or blower, a bellows or blower, and a reservoir with an outlet leading to. the nose of the bellows or blower, and a discharge-pipe connecting with the outlet and terminating in the smokeexit of the toy, all substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a mechanical toy, in combination with the driving mechauisnmjthe driving-wheels I), with the axle 1), bearing a cam or wiper, a fan orblower operated by the wiper on the axle and having a discharge-outlet, and the reservoir, with an outlet leading to front of the blower, and opening into the dischargeoutlet and terminating in the smoke-exit of the toy, all substantially as described.

5. In a mechanical toy, in combination with the driving mechanism, the driving-wheels b, the axle 1), bearing a cam, a bellows which is opened by the cam and closed by a spring, and a reservoir with a vibrating hopper, and an outlet leading to the outlet-pipe 2', and the pipe 1', all substantially as described, and for the purpose setforth.

6. In a mechanical toy, in combination with the driving mechanism, the driving-\vheels b, the axle 1), bearing the wiper, the bellows which is opened by the revolution ofthe wiper and closed by a spring, and a reservoir with a hopper that is vibrated by the action of the wiper, and the outlet-pipe h, leading from the hopperto the outlet-pipe '12, all substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

DANIEL H. MURPH Y.

Vitnesses:

H. R. WILLIAMs, A. B. JENKINS. 

